Abstract

The purpose of this study was to reveal interactions during the ball impact phase of soccer kicking in female soccer players. Seventeen female and male soccer players performed maximal instep kicks, in-front kicks, and inside kicks. Behavior of the kicking foot and ball during ball impact were captured three dimensionally by two high-speed cameras at 1,000 fps, and the female players were compared with the male players. For the mean of the coefficient of restitution, there was no significant difference in instep kicks and in-front kicks between the sexes, but the female players had significantly lower values than the male players in inside kicks (p<0.05). The players were also divided into high groups and low groups according to the three categories of foot velocity, ball velocity, and coefficient of restitution. Those interactions were examined at ball impact, and certain tendencies were revealed.

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